Beyond the Inflection Point explores how ambitious leaders navigate the pivotal moments that define hypergrowth. We explore those rare and high-stakes decisions that separate the good leaders from the exceptional ones.
We speak with founders and the C-suite of high-growth companies who are scaling fast, raising capital, evolving their markets, and thinking several moves ahead. This podcast is designed for listeners who care about not just product or capital, but also about engineering momentum.
Episode 01: Redefining Success: Nicole Rife’s Leap from Corporate to Real Estate Agent
In the premiere episode of Beyond the Inflection Point, host Sean Heberling talks with Nicole Rife, founder of The Rife Group at Compass, about her bold transition from a high-powered corporate role to launching a top-performing real estate business.
Nicole shares the personal and professional inflection points that defined her journey—from navigating a traumatic life event to discovering how structured processes and CRM tools became critical to scaling her business.
Episode 02: From Private Equity to Purpose: Cezary Pietrasik’s Journey into Predictive AI
In this episode of Beyond the Inflection Point, host Sean Heberling sits down with Cezary Pietrasik—a former private equity executive turned entrepreneur—to explore how purpose-driven ambition led him from a lucrative finance career to launching two impactful ventures: a healthtech startup and Synerise, a behavioral AI company.
Cezary shares how personal loss sparked his mission to prevent premature deaths, why he pivoted from B2C to B2B, and how pattern recognition shaped both his thinking and his business.
Episode 03: From Mentor to Owner: Building a Modern Sales Culture
In this episode of Beyond the Inflection Point, host Sean Heberling sits down with Alex Archawski, co-owner of Sales Evolution, to explore his transition from mentee to owner—just weeks before the COVID-19 shutdown. Alex shares how he modernized a traditional sales training company by embracing digital learning, AI-powered role-play, and intentional leadership development.
This is a conversation about building a resilient sales culture in today’s rapidly shifting business landscape.
Episode 04: Culture as Strategy: Leading with Identity and Purpose
In this episode of Beyond the Inflection Point, Sean Heberling sits down with Anthony Mongeluzo, founder and president of PCS, to explore how intentional culture can drive scale, retention, and leadership clarity.
Anthony shares the principles behind PCS’s steady growth from its earliest days as a tech support provider to a multi-state IT services firm. He unpacks how defining values, guarding team identity, and emphasizing purpose over perks created resilience during inflection points.
Episode 05: Building Legacy and Leadership: Navigating Growth and Succession
In this episode of Beyond the Inflection Point, Sean Heberling speaks with Matt Pincus, second-generation owner of Pincus Elevator, about leading a multigenerational family business through growth, transition, and succession planning.
Matt reflects on lessons from his father’s post–World War II founding of the company, the evolution of the elevator industry, and how he’s preparing the third generation to take the helm. He shares candid insights on balancing tradition with modernization, sustaining company culture, and making leadership decisions that protect both legacy and future growth.
Episode 06: Harnessing Collective Intelligence for Better Decisions
In this episode of Beyond the Inflection Point, Sean Heberling sits down with Marc Sinkow, founder of Synch-O LLC, to explore the power of peer advisory boards in driving smarter business decisions. Marc shares his journey from corporate leadership into building groups of entrepreneurs and CEOs who learn, challenge, and hold each other accountable.
From structured issue processing to the value of open-ended questions, Marc highlights how collective intelligence helps leaders navigate challenges across industries.
Episode 07: Making HR Tech Work for People, Not Just Process
In this episode of Beyond the Inflection Point, host Sean Heberling speaks with Kristy McCann Flynn, CEO and co-founder of SkillCycle, about transforming human resources through software that actually supports people, not just workflows.
The conversation unpacks the failure of legacy HR tools to address real-time development, the need for personalized employee journeys, and how SkillCycle is positioning itself as a next-generation platform combining performance, learning, coaching, and career pathing.
Topics include the importance of user experience in HR software, why change management is crucial in HR tech adoption, common pitfalls in performance reviews and how to fix them, and how SkillCycle supports continuous, manager-driven development.
Episode 08: The Business of Safety: Scaling AI in the Real World
In this episode of Beyond the Inflection Point, Sean Heberling speaks with Kieran Carroll, Chief Strategy Officer at ZeroEyes, about transforming a mission-driven idea into one of the fastest-growing companies in security technology.
Founded by Navy SEAL veterans in the aftermath of the Parkland tragedy, ZeroEyes uses AI-powered computer vision to detect visible firearms through existing security cameras—helping schools, businesses, and government agencies respond before violence occurs.
Kieran shares the journey from a small veteran-led team with no prior industry experience to a 200+ person company working with school districts, healthcare systems, retail, logistics hubs, and the Department of Defense.